On its Facebook page, TUKO.co.ke asked netizens what request they would make to Uhuru if they met him and one of the dominant requests was a total shutdown, which Kenyans are seemingly ready to brace if the government will give food.

One Facebook user, identified as Wiseman P Wiclif said if he could meet the president, he would ask him to declare a total lockdown to avert a possible crisis like the one in Italy and the US.

"Declare a total lockdown!! We don't want to be like Italy and the US!" said Wiclif.